Anyone know what a jumbo 747 Ettihad cargo plane was doing parked up for a couple days at CM airport...maybe Chiang Mai exports a lot. Have seen mushrooms grown in CM in Dubai supermarkets.

De-icing..?

Good reporting, Nigel. Maybe we need a ThaiVisa denizen hanging around the Chiang Mai airport the way we have so many hanging around the two Immigration offices.

It arrived during the airshow on Saturday. I thought it was the star of the show

Parking fees at CNX may be low compared with BKK. Quantas used to send a near enpty B747from LHR to MAN to sit for about 6 hours because LHR fees made it cheaper..

Wish I had known about the airshow, How was It?

Wish I had known about the airshow, How was It?

It's more of an open day at wing41 for Children's Day. Not a lot of flying displays, but we had a close up view of the Etihad landing & taxiing by. I think the only flying display this year was by the ancient Albatross jet fighters.

Last time I saw two of the old jets landing in parallel driving down Hang Dong Rd., crazy folks. Next time perhaps they try with freighters

Parking fees at CNX may be low compared with BKK. Quantas used to send a near enpty B747from LHR to MAN to sit for about 6 hours because LHR fees made it cheaper..

I bet lowest would be Utapao. Acres and acres of unused space. Even the old Thai-Orient clunkers are there, so then you just KNOW it's cheap.

Also.. It's Etihad. They're not short on wide, dry, open spaces to park a couple planes. And money is unlikely to be a consideration for anything they do anyway.

Parking fees at CNX may be low compared with BKK. Quantas used to send a near enpty B747from LHR to MAN to sit for about 6 hours because LHR fees made it cheaper..

I bet lowest would be Utapao. Acres and acres of unused space. Even the old Thai-Orient clunkers are there, so then you just KNOW it's cheap.

Also.. It's Etihad. They're not short on wide, dry, open spaces to park a couple planes. And money is unlikely to be a consideration for anything they do anyway.

You are correct, aircraft parking fees are the same for the international airports incl. BKK, DMK, CNX, HKT, Hat Yai and Chiang Rai.

>>Also.. It's Etihad. They're not short on wide, dry, open spaces to park a couple planes. And money is unlikely to be a consideration for anything they do anyway.<<

Maybe because they are known to double charge on Debit card transactions on line .It just happened me and i am currently trying to get my money back .When i googled it ,it turns out loads of people have had the same problem with Etihad ,

It is an ACMI contract, believe the operator is Atlas Air (US).

It is an ACMI contract, believe the operator is Atlas Air (US).

Correct. Atlas Air painted on aircraft nose.